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Comment Re:Ah Hell (Score 1) 124

by Zugok (#37688154) Attached to: Wine HQ Password Database Compromised

I concur, good sir. But we were talking about the word "steal" not "theft".

Take a look at this in New Zealand law
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1961/0043/latest/DLM329897.html#DLM329897

I do not know what the codified definition of theft or steal is your jurisdiction or if its even the same as in New Zealand. The point is depending on what is written in the law chances are your definition does matter.
Software

Submission + - RMS: Not Glad Jobs is Dead, But Glad He's Gone 3

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: Richard Stallman stays committed to The Cause, ruffling a few feathers with a terse against-the-grain obituary: 'Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died. As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, 'I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone.' Nobody deserves to have to die — not Jobs, not Mr. Bill, not even people guilty of bigger evils than theirs. But we all deserve the end of Jobs' malign influence on people's computing. Unfortunately, that influence continues despite his absence. We can only hope his successors, as they attempt to carry on his legacy, will be less effective.' As different as their views were, Stallman and Jobs probably saw eye-to-eye on the need to Think Different.
Android

Submission + - four strangest bugs in the history of Android

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Every mobile operating system has its foibles, but Android also has to contend with the whims a dozen device manufacturers and fragmented software. Taken together, this situation has resulted in some peculiar Android bugs. Whether it’s a camera that tells time, a screen that just isn’t right, or SMS flying though the ether, Android has a colorful history with software and hardware bugs.
Apple

Submission + - Should Apple Kill the iPod? (theglobeandmail.com) 3

Submitted by mykepredko
mykepredko writes: Back in 2006, Apple was riding high on the success of its iPod. The gadget accounted for more than 50% of Apple's first-quarter revenue that year as a digital music revolution was in full swing. Now the iconic iPod is an afterthought, bringing in a mere 8% of Apple revenue – and falling fast as other gadgets take over the digital jukebox role on top of many other functions.

The article implies that the iPod is a dying part of the business — I would have liked to see revenues for the iPod from 2006 to today to see if it really is a "dying" line but the question is valid — should Apple drop the iPod and concentrate on the Mac, iPad and iPhone lines?
Facebook

Submission + - Google+: Worse Than a Ghost Town (pbs.org)

Submitted by Pigskin-Referee
Pigskin-Referee writes: When Google rolled out the beta of their "magical and revolutionary" social network (oops, sorry — that's Apple's line), I dutifully signed up like everybody else in the tech industry. I played around with it and found some features I really liked — and some that made me scratch my head and think "Why in the world can't I do that? I can do it on Facebook." I circlified my friends and acquaintances, followed a few people I knew only by reputation, thoroughly enjoyed the "instant upload" feature for smart phones despite its scary aspects, got thoroughly annoyed while trying to navigate the interface a few times, and then ... headed back to Facebook. It seems as if most others are doing the same thing; I've noticed a drop-off in posts on G+ lately (when I bother to go there). I haven't given up on it, but it's an afterthought, whereas Facebook is a part of my life. It's not that Facebook is technically better — in many ways, it's not (although Facebook as been hard at work, making improvements to give people the functionality they've found and like on G+). Ultimately, social networking is about the people, and in general, the people I care about and enjoy "hanging out" with (to borrow a G+ term) are on Facebook. I'll log onto G+ if I want to get into a technical discussion or a political argument. Many of my colleagues are there. But my friends are on Facebook.
Android

Submission + - Google Comes Clean that Android Is Not Open Source (infoworld.com)

Submitted by
GMGruman
GMGruman writes: "By accusing Microsoft of sharing secret Android source code, Google finally reveals that Android is not open source. Finally, everyone can deal with Android honestly, as an OS that has gained from the community but is a Google creature. This should help Android succeed even more and avoid the fates of Moblin, Maemo, and MeeGo.."

Comment Re:Wait, what? (Score 1) 376

by Zugok (#36956282) Attached to: Massachusetts Lottery Broken

Apparently Massachusetts thought that meant people who are bad at math should be running the lottery. A critical mistake in the state that's home to Stanford.

Come on people, this deserves a +5 troll.

Comment Re:The Next Firefox UI (Score 1) 401

by Zugok (#36956082) Attached to: The Next Firefox UI

Actually the last Firefox UI was Chrome. Or at least I stopped being able to tell the difference.

I am hearing this comment a lot but I am not seeing it. First I thought on my Debian install, the nice people at GNU had changed the code in Icecat 5 to preserve the old look and feel, but my Firefox on Windows looks exactly the same.

I still have a menu bar, I still have the navigation buttons to which I can add and remove buttons. Just go to Firefox|Options and select what toolbars you want.

The other changes such as the status bar and the tab positions are not a big deal either. Link details still appear at the bottoms of the screen. Tabd above the address bar, after some thought make a lot of sense, because that address belongs to that tab.

Firefox is not actually as bad as you might think. In my case I moved to Firefox because the webkit based browsers on my Debian install had poor performance and rendering issues (although I liked Arora very much).

Comment Re:Money (Score 4, Insightful) 385

by Zugok (#36785318) Attached to: Belgian Newspapers Delisted On Google

Or Google could have used common sense to interpret the order narrowly to mean "delist the papers from Google news". It is obvious that they would not be fined for continuing to display search results.

True, but Google faces a fine of 1 million euros each day that it does not comply (with 10 days' grace). At one million euros a day, I be taking a broad interpretation too.

Comment Re:VLC Android (Score 1) 147

by Zugok (#36758894) Attached to: Open Source Software Hijacked To Push Malware

No, official vlc for android yet but they are working on it (http://ivoire.dinauz.org/blog/index.php?post/2011/02/02/VLC-on-Android) but in the mean time if you are up for it, you can always compile it yourself (http://wiki.videolan.org/AndroidCompile). I can't say I have had much luck working on the phone.

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